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Funcom is thrilled to announce that one million gamers are now registered for ‘The Secret World’ beta tests. This impressive number confirms the game’s position as one of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online games in the world, and the number is also significantly higher than what Funcom’s previous MMO ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ saw at the same time in its pre-launch development phase.  Read the rest of this entry »

Activision Publishing, Inc. and Spider-Man Merchandising L.P., a subsidiary of Marvel, have announced two pre-order exclusives for North American fans who reserve an early copy of The Amazing Spider-Man™ videogame versions for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Developed by Beenox Studios with a planned launch date of June 26th, the game brings Spidey back to the thrill of free-roaming through Manhattan in an original epilogue story to Sony Picture Entertainment’s upcoming feature film.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar Games has announced that The Max Payne 3 Pro Exhibition held in association with Major League Gaming (MLG) on May 5, 2012 in New York City will be broadcast online at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012 from the Major League Gaming and Rockstar Games web sites. For the first time ever, Rockstar Games has teamed up with MLG’s elite professional players for an exhibition tournament hosted by MLG and featuring the competitive debut of  Max Payne 3 multiplayer. Read the rest of this entry »

Today during the first “PlayStation <3 Canada” event, Frima Studio announced the development of Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge for PS Vita and PS3. The sequel to the 2009 PSN hit Zombie Tycoon, Brainhov’s Revenge steps up the hilarious, irreverent RTS gameplay of the original with an array of new zombies, sharper graphics and multiplayer Cross Play capability.  Read the rest of this entry »

Get a sneak peek into the world of Assassin’s Creed III and the game’s new hero, Connor, as he hunts his prey through the snowy frontier of Colonial America.  Gamers can channel their collective excitement for Assassin’s Creed III to band together in a valiant effort to unlock the world gameplay premier of Assassin’s Creed III in the Unite to Unlock campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that a sequel to its critically acclaimed strategy game Company of Heroes^®is scheduled to be taking PC gamers to the frozen frontlines of war in Russia in early 2013. As a true sequel, this game moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on the Eastern Front, challenging players to take command of the iconic Red Army and repel the Nazi invaders from the gates of Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadians who have waiting 20 years to fight evil across the wicked world of Sanctuary can once again battle with the release of Diablo III at Future Shop. In celebration of the release of one of the world’s most successful Role Playing Game (RPG) series ever made, all Future Shop stores are opening early to satisfy gamer fixes for the third installment in the Diablo franchise by Blizzard Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday at the Hot Docs International Film Festival, TSN unveiled the slate of films in its ambitious original documentary series, Engraved on a Nation: Stories Of The Grey Cup, The CFL And Canada.  Commissioned by Bell Media, Engraved on a Nation celebrates the 100^th Grey Cup with eight original documentaries demonstrating how the Grey Cup has become such an intrinsic part of Canadian heritage. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a cross post with Canadian Online Gamers. Article written byMRBIGCAT

Recently, Canadian Online Gamers was invited to Ubisoft Montreal Studios to check out a single player hands off demo of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3, which is slated to arrive September 4th of this year.  At the end of the demo, I was impressed as Far Cry 3’s “branding of insanity” left a lasting impression.  Not to mention, the game even in pre-alpha stage looked pretty darn good, the characters appeared crazy as hell and the gameplay on the surface looks like it will be a blast.  Read the rest of this entry »

St. John’s-based indie developer Celsius Game Studios has opened a Kickstarter campaign to help move the production of its latest title towards completion. Drifter – A Space Trading Game is an open-world sandbox space trading game that takes place in a galaxy with thousands of stars and endless possibilities. Live the simple life of a merchant, become a bounty hunter, take on work for hire, become a fearsome pirate, or simply explore the galaxy around you, the choice is yours. Read the rest of this entry »